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Choisya problem

Tall treesTall trees Posts: 175
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Choisya leaves turning black and dying off, been fine for years, Monmouthshire S.Wales 

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  • AuntyRachAuntyRach Posts: 5,291
    Bumping up your request @Tall trees as I have one that looks similar with ‘sooty’ deposits. Maybe it’s a Welsh issue? 
    My garden and I live in South Wales. 
  • Balgay.HillBalgay.Hill Posts: 1,089
    Looks like aphids imo.
    Sunny Dundee
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    If there's a sooty deposit, it's aphids or similar. You can usually just wipe it off.  If you cut out all the damaged, dead areas, it should recover though.
    Poor airflow can be a factor too, so if the shrub's a bit congested, and then there's damper, warmer weather, it makes it worse.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • AuntyRachAuntyRach Posts: 5,291
    Thank you! 
    My garden and I live in South Wales. 
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